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Only a month until letter postage
will ! two cents.
Moo.lv wilTrcvixe tin- Baltimore
sins S'it'inl-i' 1-
Tlit Tail--!" 'Southerner' is
much improved of late.
Watermelons weighing ii't pounds
are raised in Johnson county.
The peanut cinp iif tk vcitr is
estimated at 2,4S"J,0ili bushels.
Ktlorts 'making to secure
:50,IM0 to build a hotel at Nags
Head. ""'-'
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ltaleichintends building a 1'0,
Ooo graded licoiil house on a fcl'J.
lot.
Waller E. Daniel Esq., ol'Wel
ilnii lias been appointed a : Xofary
piihlic-
North Carolina will lutve I'OOO
different articles on exhibition at
J'.i.ston.
Moorej; unit v is so well oil' that
Us poorhousc property is offered
nr sale .. -
Stonewall Jackson's old brigade
talk of erecting a monument over
liis remains.
Oscar Wilde is in New York.
lie has had his hair cui ami wears
long 1 1 onsers. -
The iliningft n weekly 'Star' is to
lie enlarged. There is no better pa
per in the stntey
Messrs. W. F. Askew . vK; Soi,
will shortly open a wholesale paper.
Imnse in Uileigh.
A tanner iii Mississippi has
cleared this year 1 Hi per acre on
his w. ermeloit -crop.
Kevs. Cole and Cordon are con
dueling a revival at the M. F.
f'hurelt in Whitakers.
The largest newspaper lie is that
Noah's ark has been 'discovered on
Mr. Ararat in a good state of pre
servation. The British Government has de
rided to officially undertake, to aid
Irish emigration into Canada on a
colossal scale.
There was a watermelon at the
Wilmington Fruit Fair thaf weigh
ed loo pounds.
Ca-pt. A.C. Davis and Col. Ceo.
V. Stanton spoke at the Sauls x
I'oads pic nic last week.
The Yellow lever pevailsat Pens
aeola. The Q uarter master is dead
and the Paymaster is rery ill.
A Daughter of Col. Imuran K.
Mcli ie niakes a handsome support
in New York doing copying work
with type writers. . .
It is said that .lini Robinson,
editor ot the Winston "Leader, i.s
going to many this tall. These
editor box's need watching.
The Tarboro J uide" says .j,KK)
w ill clear out the obstructions in
Tar Kivef so that the river will be
navigaole all the year around.
The State Convention of the
Young Men's Christian association
til North Carolina meets at Hioko
rx, Sept., 1:5th.. l lth and i.,th.
Raleigh '-Farmer and Mechanic:"
Mrs. Nannie McA'doo of Greetis
horo, was robbed of J."o -at Warm
: Springs, stolen from her trunk.
The "Christian Advocate" wants
the Sunday law enforced, "until
every saloon in the State is hei
inetieally sealed on Sunday."
Amen !
A notorious- - character named
W. .L fair, formerly a robltor in
the Sauls x Roads' section' of
Wayne county, has been stealing
on a large M ale :lt Cieenwood
S. C.
A very xvealt'iiv Voik -irl
ll ......... 4. 1
u..s ..ooptett a Japanese. b;fbv 'of
two years. She paid !0!i0 fur
m. ami has named him .1
iunes A.
C.aiti.ld.
'"v. .l.o vis wiiijittend the Man'
niai tmvisand Mechanics' Institute
in rost,iu.ou SepteinlK-r :th.ta',i
will respoiul for the South to i;uv
Butler's welcome.
Ruskin says that no couple
should mauv until thev have
courted seven years. This would
lead one to think that Rnskin inns
a soda fountain or ail jce cream
saioou.
tThe Rooky Mount Graded School
will open September Kti; ortpt
liggerwill have cl,;I.ge affain;
nd will be aided by an excellent
corps of instructors.
The .Wilson Advance
VOLUME 1 S.
Dr. Holland describes faith" as
drawing poison from every grief,
removing the sting from every loss,
quenching the fire of every pain,
and only faith can do it.
S. L. Aldennan, Raleigh's photo
grapher, has gone to. Wilmington
to open a gallery. We congratu
late Wilmington on the acquisition
of so excellent a Voting man.
Trust no girl, however pleasant,
With one plate to be content;
She'll eat. until her lover hasn't
To his name another cent.
And then shake him.
.1. II. Pocle is President ami 'J.
1). I Sard in is Vice President of the
Rutherford College' Debating. So
cietyV Loth Wilson county boys.
Mr. Burdih is - studying law, we
leant from the "Enterprise."
Dr. Pritchard has accepted the
call to the first Baptist church,
Wilmington, at a salary Of ?2,-r0(
a year. We are glad to welcome
him back to North Carolina, lie
will take "'charge November fth.
A New England, physician .'says
that if every family'. -should keep
a 1mx ol mustard i'n the house, one--half
the physicians xvould starve;
and a cold blooded Chicago paper
suggests that each family keep two
boxes.
A certain little Pharisee, who was
praying for his big brother had a
good deal of human nature in him,
even if lie was only .six years old.
He prayed, "(, Ijnrd, bless brother
Bill, and make him as good a boy
as I am.'"
Professor to a young lady stu
dent: "Your mark is very low, and
you have only just passed."
Young lady : "Oh I am so glad."
Professor surprised: '"Why so?"
Young lady :'T do so love a tight
squeeze.
An (iv team is singularly, sym
Imlic of courtship and marriage,
for it. begins with a bow, continues
with a ring and a yoke, progresses
with a tongue and ends by present
ing to the worid the picture of a
goaded p.ii'.
The Chinese in Chicago have a
picnic once or twice a year, xvhen in
the language of one of their distin
guished representatives they' "rase
no ludlet like 'inelicaii; inakee no
noise; eat lice cleam, dlinkee pop
and go home, sohel."
Gen'l Roger A. Pry or of New
York, formerly of Virginia, be
lieves that Arthur's nomination
would make four Southern States
more than doubtful. lie thinks he
would carry Virginia and North
Carolina beyond a doubt.
When a Louisville girl comes to
the conclusion to have nothing to
do with her beau, she figures up
the amount, he has expended on
her for ice-cream and' .'candy and
buggy riding, and sends him a cer
tified check for the sum total.
"What is tu. next thing to a
dude r" was asked in a fashionable
parlor the' other night. One ans
wered an ape, another an orangout
ang but when a little girl said the
next thing. to a dude is his under
shirt the subject was suddenly
changed.
Newberfi "Journal": Mr. John
Harding son of the rector of S;.
Mary's, Kinston, having".-recently
graduated at Schenectady, New
York, with honors, will lake a posi
tion as teacher in Kinston College
at the beginning of the f ill session'
in September.
A duel was fought near Lees-
burg, Ya., at sunrise on the morn
ing of the 7th insf., 'between Dr.
McGill, of that town, and Dr. West
of Goresville. Neither was hit. This
is why the fight did not occur at
Goresville -there was no gore. Pis
tols weYe used. )ne lire "healed the
breach." .
Mr." Spencer D. Moore, of Pleas
ant Hill. Edgecombe county, was
In Toisnot last week, says the
'Sunny: Home" wearing a pair of
pants, which he had had for thirty
years. He bought 'he cloth from
Col. W. W. Parker in Rocky
Mount in 1S."i.1. and has ; been sav
ing the pants to be buried in.
A gentleman of the town of
Rockingham, ' says the "Spirit,"
nea 1 1. 70 years of age, xvho lias
traveled iie'arlx around the world,
having resided several years in
the. East Indies, solemnly declares
that he never felt the bite ot a mos
quito!. For some reason to him
unknown, the. mosquito will not
dare to plunge its bill into him.
What a happy immunity!
A good boy in Concord, N. C.
wants a position as apprentice in
some first class machine shop. So
many loys are rushing into the
piofessions and behind counters
that it is relief to find one boy
who wants to learn a trade. He
will get a place and, if he has true
grit, will make more of a man than
the hundreds of clerks thronging
1 our stores.
ABOUT FARMING.
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A SENSIBLE AKTICLE 0XFA1N
MERS AND THEIR WIVES.
Till: INTENSIVE SYSTEM.
Farmer's 'wives are human be
ings as well' as the inen, but are
not always treated as such.' . They
haxe to work and,toil, and don't
always see as inucu of a happy life
as they should. They are confined
too closely to the house and large
ly deprived of out-door air and
sunshine. The farmer who is in
terested so much in his farm and
making 'money that he thinks lit
tle about his wife, should remem
ber that her xvork. is as hard and
very monotonous, and when he
comes in from his work at night he
should have a pleasant word for
her. If she has a good supper,,
and things look neat and tidv
about the house, he should fake
not ice of it. Farmers should take
their wives out riding 'more than
they do, give Ihem pure air, and
let t hem see more of nature and the
glorious things that God has made
for all to enjoy.
If your wife is a -lover of tlowcis
don't hoe them all up or let, the
stork into the yard. But take tin
interest in their welfare; spade up
the llower beds: buy her seeds;
set the plants out, and Avheu you
see the chicken in the flower-leds
drive them out.
Another thing is, see to it that
your Wife has spending money;
nothing t'hat a woman hates more
than to have to go to her husband
continually for money. Women'
are made, to spend money as well
as inen, and they should have it.
They earn as mneii a? t he men if
they do house ork. Also let your
wife have her own way just a little
and don't try to run the farm and
the house too. If the men would
only think how valuable a Wife is
they would always treat them as
angels, and as they do during
courtship. When house-cleaning
time comes don't scold, but take
hold, help her to put down t he carpets,-and.-see,
to it thai she don't
over work herself, and xvhen blue
Monday- comes around help her or
see that she has help; don't get
angry because dinner is late on
Monday, but xvhistle or sing or
read the Advanck and compose
yourself; you will feel a great deal
better than if you scolded your
wife and made her feel unlhappy
all the rest of the (lay. If you
want any advice, don't run over
to a neighbor, but go to your wife.
Another thing inen do which is un
pleasant for their -wives is lo take
them to town in mid-winter, and if
they meet a farmer they will stop
'and talk' with him for two iiou ro
und forget that the wife is freezing.
Talk -about " xyoinen being great
talkers! They can't beat the men
xvhen they get excited. One more
thing I almost forgot to say it is
not to let your wife milk and chop
wood just because she is a farmer's
wife. See that, she has plenty of
wood or coal, not half a mile away
but near the house. It Will sax-e
her a great many stis, and when
you feel I,i.y, bring in water and
wood, and it will revive your spirits
and you will have a clear con
science. VLet her have the Imtier
in ,nev if you can't a (lord to give
her cash out of your own pocket .
See that your wife has good maga-
zincs and papers to read, and don't j
lie afraid to make it pleasant for !
her.
The first bale of new North Car
olina cotton sold in Nexv York Sat
urday at auction at i:4' cents: it
classed strict loxr middling.
The cotton receipts at Norfolk,
Ya., are reaching very large; pro
portions.' By the end of the month
there will tie SOii.ooo bales for the
year, the largest xxithin the historv
of the citv.
The acreage in ; cot ton in , middle
Tennessee and North Alabama' is
Iii per cent less than last year,
and the yield xx ill be greater. The
intensive system is the salvation
of the South. :
Senator George, of Mississippi,
aud his son work iu a cotton field,
and believe that a white man can
stand the ellei ts Of the sun as well
as a .negro. There is a field for
Northern laborers down there, he
thinks, and the service will-"be a'
gain 'to both the . planter', and '-, the
lalorer.
Mr. Parish Furman,
"intensive'' farmer,
the
is
Georgia,
now in
South Carolina
xvorking u his
scheme to organize a fertilizing
company on his plan. He says he
is backed by men representing
l,H0,tXK) capital. He was offered
a dollar a ton royalty by a North
ern fertilizing company for his
formula but refused it. He has
one field on his farm from which
he says he will get seven bales to
the aci-e this year if the worms do
not attack it.
-r.irr i.i. the eids thou aiti-st at, be thv col tkvs.
WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA. AUGUST 31. 1883.
ConkliDg and Blaine.
In view of the fact that Mr.
Bliffne says he will do Mr- Cohkling
justice in the book he is noxv xvrit
iug we trust the following extract
from Mr. Blaine's speech, in the
House of Representatives in . ISCfi
in reply to Mr. Conkling, will find a
place in the book. Mr.' Blaine
said: "As to the gentleman's cruel
sarcasm, I hope be will not be so
seve. The contempt of that
large-minded gentleman is so xvilt
iiig;liis haughty disdain, grandi
loquent swell, his majestic, snper
eminent, overpowering, turkey
gobbler strut has been so crushiag
to myself and all the members of
this House that I know it was an
act of the greatest temerity for
me to venture upon a controversv
xvith him. But, sir, I knoxv who
is resonsibIe for all this- I knoxv
that within the last five weeks, as
members of the House wiU recollect,
an extra strut has characterized
the gentleman's bearing. It is not
his fault. That gifted and satin
ca! writer, Theodore !Tilton, of the
X v York "Independent," spent
so lie weeks recently in this city.
His letters , published m that pa,
per, embraced, with ' many serious
statements, a little jocose satire, a
part of which was the statement
Hi it the mantle of the late Winter
Davis had fallen upon the mem
ber from New York. The gentle
man took it seriously, and it has
given his strut an additional pom
posity. The resemblance is great.
It is striking- Hyperion to a Satyr,
Thersites to Hercules, mud to
marble, dunghill to diamond, a
singedcat to a Bengal tiger,t a
whining puppy, to a, roaring lion.
Shade of the mighty Davis! for
give the almost profanation of
that jocose satire."
The Randolph County Muddle.
Two members of the board of
county commissioners of Randolph
have resigned rather than grant li
cense to sell liquor in the county
The board consists, of three mem
bers. Mr. A. C. Bulla "holds the
fort' 'and seemingly enjoys the sit
uation of things. He publishes the
following card m the Asheboro
"Courier:
"The sceptre hath departed from
Judea, and two-thirds of the coun
ty commissioners have fallen by
their own hands. But the remain
ing one-third solitary and alone
still lives and assumes all the, pow
ers and functions delegated by law
to the board of county commis
sioners. The death of my honored associ
ates cannot and does not impair
or paralyze my functions or release
me from the duties imposed hy law
upon each member of the board.
Therefore the supervision- of coun
ty affairs will continue as hereto
fore under the control of a self con
stituted chairman pro ton for the
county of Randolph.' A.C Bulla,
Chairman pro tcm
August 14th, 188:5.
Mr. .1. V.. Walker also prints a
card, explaining his course, lie
says:
"It is well known that the pres
ent law regulating the granting of
license to retail liquor is manda
tory, made so by the last Legisla
ture, and that there is no alterna
tive as the law. noxv stands except
to vote for license. Rather than
execute such s law and do that
which I believe to be wrong and
against; which' I had repeatedly j
i.ledsred nivself. I resigned There I
was no other conscientious course
for me to pursue."
'Mr. Bulla exercises all the func
tions of a full board. Licenses
were issued to the applicants, and
the question now is as to the le
gality of the procedure.
The Fruit Fair.
Our Wilmington exchanges, the
"Star" and "Reviexv," ! pronounce
the Fruit Fair a grand success,
far beyond the in .st sanguine
expectations of its warmest
friends. The "Star" says; -
".Our -western'.' friends are Par
ticularly jubilant in their expres
sions of surprise ami gratification
that North Carolina should ite able
to get up such a creditable exhi
bition. Prof. Llneback, of 'Salem,
said to tis yesterday that it was a
splendid success. Another gen
tleman said it surpassed the exhi
bition at Greensboro: aud a- gen-
tleman anNjajIy oo vfHr. '.War
South fromyVVoithViu , trip, and.
who stepped over here among
friend., say they visited a fruit ex- j
hibition at Montreal
Canada, re-
cently, and that this far surpassed
it."
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A negro named Dave Brad ford,
accompanied by a white man and
i egro as witnesses, applied at tho
clerk's office at Fincastle, Va last
Saturday for a license to marry a
white woman named Joan Cald
"well. The clerk, ol coarse refused
to give his official consent, and the
disappointed negro drove away,
no doubt cursing the illiberal laws
of the Bourbous.
POLITICAL POINTS
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WI I AT TH E POLITICIANS ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
the rmsiTJCAE ca Liti: tjy.
G(y. H olden on Civil Rights-
Ex-Gov. Holden is out in a card
in the "Nexvs-Observer" in whieli
he says, "The following is an ex
tract from the Tarloro 'Sout.t,ei n
er" on the 23d August: '.
"Passengers from Nags Head
last Saturday had a novel experi.
euee of North Carolina waters. On
the steamer Shenandoah, command
ed by Capt. Southgate, were sev
eral ladies of color. For their
meals separate accommodations
had been prepared, which at sup
per time they declined, and . went
to the. general table in the main
saloon. Our imformant states
that one of the number was the
wife of the colored ex-United States
Senator lrom Mississippi, now reg
istrar of the treasury, R. X. Bruce
She and the others at the table be
haved xvith propriety. It caused,
so our informant states,1 consider
able excitement among the white
passengers, and a number of ladies
declined fo go to the table
until the colored passengers had
left the room. This is the tirst in
stance of t he kind we hax e known
in the State."
And has it come to this, under
Republican auspices! Whitts
ladies in North Carolina are croxvd-
ed from the table by negro: women.
Where is the manhood of North
Carolina i This man Bruce is a
piandsome, bright mulatto, xrho
occupies one of the most import
ant offices in Washington City, by
appointment of President Garfield.
He signs all our Treasury notes
and handles our hundreds of mil
lions of national bonds. Mr. Arthur
endorses him and continues him in
office. Mr. Arthur and his prede
cessor, Gen. Garfield, xvere both
original abolitionists, and such
men have no s-pecial regard for the
Southern people or their habits
and customs. ,
lloxv many xvhi;e men iii North
Carolina approx'e this action, by
which xx hife ladies are driven from
the table by negro women?- This
constantly increasi ng tendency of
things is I he "reason" why I hae
left the Republican party.
W. W. 1 1 OLDEN."
II k Took The Gkin.s.
Ed. Bynum, democrat of the
"straitest sect," and Post Master
Williamson, of Tarboro' have been
twitting each other as folloxvs, says
the "Southerner." When the news
reached Tarboro that Holden had
quit the rads, Williamson sent
a note to -Bynum which read, For
President. 1881 Renj. F. llutler,of
Massachusetts.
Vice Pres. W. W. Holden, of
N. C,
How do you like the above? W.
"An ansxvci wasn't' long in coin
ing back. It was this:
I suggest for standard bearers of
Grand Old Party 1884:
Fort Pillow Chalmers, of Missis
si ini. for President, and J. Madi-
ison Leach, of N. 0. for vice-presi
dent. Bynum. -
Our informant tells us that Mr
Williamson took the "grins."
AllOlTT Sknat.iu Bayaud.
Ex-Senator Clingnian, of North
Carolina, who will, in spite of all
natural rules, otie in a while
emerge from the surface of the
earth and ventilate his opinions,
has iust said, speaking of the
kindofinan Democrats ought tonom
inate: "What xve want is a man in
whom t he business interests of the
country have confidence. Bayard
wouldn't do at all." The counec
tion shows that in Gen. Clingman's
opinion, Senator Bayard is no' si
man in whom the business inter
est of tho couniry hax e confidence
When the ex-sena'or says this he
shows, to the satisfaction of all in
telligent men, that he has not the
slightest -idea of wha business
men. or anv other men, think of
the senior Senator from Delaware
It is a shame that this sort of stuff
will have a share in forming what
is called public opinion. Balti
more "Day.''
Who Shall Be tueNext Picks
I DENT?
The Boston "Herald" regards
;t the selection of the Democratic
.i
caudidate for President as a iuat-
or of uunsual interest, and
(the Republican notuimtion as
very iinini'portant.' It is only
necessary to carry the States that
j voted lor Hancock and to gain
! New York or its equivalent for
' the Democrats to elect the next
President. If any mistake should
be made iu the approaching Con
gress the prospects - may be some
what changed. The "Herald" thinks
that if Randall should Ite elected
speaker he would become a formida
ble candidate for the Presidency.
tiiv ood'S. asd tbbtiisv
Concerning Mr. Tilden nothing but
"the tatal facility of the Democrats
for blunderiug" could place him
within the range of probabilities.
Governor Cleveland is only regard
ed as "a very remote contingency,''
and Mr, McDonald is "hardly
xvorth considering in this connec
tion," and as to Ilohuan it is said
that "something besides an incar
nate veto" is needed in 'the Presi
dent's chair", The "Herald" thinks
Mr. Ravard is "the best enniimed I
. - ,
In most resects of any of' the can
didates named. He is a gentleman,
a scholar and a statesman. His
xveak points are his residence in a
small State, h;s Southern affilia- J
tions in the past, and a slight inde
cision of character. Bnt xve believe
that he would prove a strong can
didate and make an acceptable
President." ;
Walter F. Pool, Congressman
elect from the first North Carolina
District, died at Elizabeth City,
Saturday. He was 32 years old.
This will cause a new election and
Latham, Skinner, Moore, Pruden,
Brown and other leaders in the
first district are all ready to say
"Barkis is willin."
Why it Was Called "Lynch Law."
The origin of lynchlaw: During
the revolution there was a noted
tory, (and there were but few,) in
that portion formerly called Bute
county, noxv embraced within the
counties of Franklin and Nash,
called Major Beard. Major John
II. Drake lived near Ililliardston;
he and his family were decided
xvhigs. lie had a daughter, beauti
ful and accomplished by whose
charms Beard xvas captivated; and
the tradition rims, that the hand
some figure and commanding air
of Beard had its effect on the
yoimg lady, notwithstanding the
difference in the polities between
him and her father. On one occas
ion Beard encamped for the night
near a mill on Swift Creek. ".This
became known to Major Drake
iiid other xvhigs, ami they organ
ized a force to capture him. Thev
nine upon the tories early in the
morning while at, ureatiast. stir
prised and dispersed them -in great
ionfusion; they leaving their break
fast and horses. The xvhigs pursued
them xvith great earnestness. Brit
toji Drake, brother of the, young
lady, armed xvith a rifle, led the
chase, and came suddenly on Beard,
xvho xvas hid behind some small
pines. '"lie did not 'move., until
Drake, who xvas not aware of his
position, came right upon him.
Heard was armed only xvith a
sword; he sprang upou Drake who
was too near aud closely pursued,
to shoot. We clubbed his rifle ami
felled Beard to the - ground; and as
Drake thought he xvas dead, for he
xvas senseless, Drake left him for
dead anil xvent in pursuit of other
fugitive. When the pursuit xvas
oxer, m returned to the place ot
eneount -r with Beard, ami found
that he xvas not dead. After some
consultation it was resolved to
take him as a prisoner to the head
quarters of Col. Se iwell, command
ing In camp at a-. ford on Lynch
Creek, in Franklin county, about
twenty miles off. He was tied on
his horse and carried under guard.
Alter reachiugtne camp, it was
determined to organize a
court martial, and try him : for his
life. But lwfore proceeding to
trial, a report came that a strong
body of tories xvere in pursuit to
rescue him; this created a panic,
for they knexv his popularity and
power, so they hung him. The re
ported pursuit proved a false
ilarm, and ii being suggested that
as the sentence had been inflicted
before the judgement of the court
had been pronounced therefore it
xvas illegal. The body xvas then
taken doxvn, the court reorganized,
and he xvas tried, condemned and
re-hung by the neck until he xvas
dead. .
The tree on which he was hung
stood not far from R eky Ford,
Lynch's Creek; and it became a
saying in Franklin, xvhen a per
son committed any offence of mag
nitude, that "he ought to be. taken
to Lynch Creek;" ami so the word
"Lynch Law" became a fixture in
the English language-;
The Hon. B. F. Moore commu
nicated the afore going tradition
to me. He received it from the
Drake family. v'
' He Stays. "
A Boston man besought his wife
for the privilege of a latch key.
"Latch key !" she exclaimed, in
tones -of amazement, "w hat use
can men have for a latch key
when the woman's Emancipation
League meets ou Monday night,
and the ladies Domestic Mission
Tuesday, the Sisters of Jericho on
Wetlnestlay, the Woman's Science
r;..I. .... TLnscln.- 1... rXntirrl.
, i 18 i I, Dr. Deem said: "We con-
ters: ofunevehon nday, and i . 7 . . . . . .. , .,
. ' - .8ented to take -it, and the Lord
the omans Progressive Art i . . . .. . . ,.- ...
, o T, I helted us through Cornelius an-
AB30cialxn and the Suffrage Band , ' .w t.
on alternate Saturday nights. You
stay at home and see that the
baby doesn't fall out of the cra
dle." He stays. "Quiz "
TD
DR. CHAS.F. DEEMS
:o:-
THE WORK OP A NORTH CAR
OLINIAN IN NEW YORK.
CliUHCII E STttAXGEItS.
The ; readers of the. ADVANCE
have So much enjoyed the occasion
al contributions from the pen of
Dr. Deems, one of North Carolina's
most taleuteJ sons, that they
xvill read with interest the following
letter from "Flip -which, appeared
in the "JScxys Oberver," concerning
his work iu the great city. North
Carolina has pro lueed no son who
has reflected more credit on the
mother than this eminent divine.
Ed.
"Tne Church of the Strangers is
situated on Mercer st reet, between
Seventh and Eighth. It is one
block west of Broadxvay ami not
far from the Nfxv York hotel. The
building is commodious and eome-
1 ly. It will seat about fifteen hun
dred persons. The interior is not
gaudy, though it is exeeedinglv
neat. Here Dr. Deems, the best
knowh. North Carolinian in Nexv
York, preaches the gospel the year
round. While Tahnage ami Beech-
er and Dr. Johu Hall, are away
and their churches closed, I v;
Deems remains, at his post aud
carries forward, the xvork xvhich he
loves. .
This morning exactly at half
past ten the great organ opposite'
the pulpit rolled forth its heavy
tones, and a moment later a side
door opened, a gray haired man
xvalked up a couple of steps, ami
Dr. Deems was before his congre.
gation. The Doctor is a man of
fine presence. He has a fine head,
high forehead, keen eye and ex
pressive mouth. They say that he
is betxveen fifty-five und sixty
years old, but one xvould hardly
think it to look at him. He looks
and talks like a very learned man
of middle age. He has his 'own
notion about divine service.
The first thing he says oir entering
the pulpit is this: "The Lord is in
His holy temple; let all the earth
keep silent before, him." Then
there is a moment of silent prayer,
Next a lesson is : read from the Bi
ble; then there is a" hymn, then a
recitation ol the creed by the en
tire congregation and. then a
prayer. Theu follows the aunouce
nientof the text and the sermon.
An tlier short prayer, a hymn by
two bundled orphan children, oho
hundred boys and one hundred
girls, a collection in this meantime,
a chant and the benediction." That
is t he ceremony. It is very simple,
very attractive. And let me say
that Dr. Deems has one of the
most ordeflxyattentixe congrega
tions 'that I ever saxv. No one
ever enters xvhile the pastor is
praying or reading the Bible.
There is no turning of heads -to
look tit the. choir, ho whisjH'ring
during service. Of the doctor him
self, be it said he is an aide, highly
cultured pica her. Whatever he
savs is fraught with meaning aud
his manner is prepossessing. He
speaks without notes; his utter
ance is free, his language precise
aud his articulation perfect. At
times he is eloquent, humorous,
plainly spoken. He is always
reverent never stiff. A ripe
scholar, ait able theologian, a noble
hearted man. Dr. Deems is to-day
one of the most prominent citizens
of Xexv York ; aud die is a North
Carolinian. Sixteen years ago he
left his native State and came to
this city, poor and unknown. Now
he is famous. He has a com fort a
ble home at 220 West Twenty
second street. His wife, a most
excellent ladv. like her hus-
t '
band, is refined, affable, ami hos
pitable. The Doctor had the. mis
fortune to lose" a 'son in the late
war, the young man having fallen
under the Confederate flag at
Gettysburg. The onlv surviving
son is a minister in charge of an
uptown ch urchin this city.
What Dr. Deem's theology is I
do not know. He preaches ''very
practical sennits. I never heard
him mention hell: His idea seems
to I e that iiien are rational and
that thev can be iersuaded. He
does not try to frighten his hearers
And liere let me observe that the
Doctor has adopted that form of
the creed which reads, "he went to
the place of the departed spirits."
instead of 'die descended into
hell."
It is very well known that Dr
Deems had the good fortune to
gain the friendship of Commodore
Vanderbilt, who Itougbt and 'paid
! for the edifice known as the .Church
f of the Straugers. Shaking of the
f
puichase of the building
!n a st r-
jmon delivered Supday January 1st
amount of the .price, doing this
without solicitation, ou his own
motion, oat of approval of our
work, and incited thereto, as we
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believe, by the spirit of Alnwghty
God." On the inside of the
church, to the left of the pulpit,
there is a handsome bronze plate
in the wall, placed there to the
memory of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
TIk? first sermon that Dr. Deems
ever preached iu New Yol k was. in
a chapel to fifteen iersous, includ
ing three of his own family. This
wasou the .22nd day of July, 1SC6,
Since that day he has had many
battles to fight, many difficult ies to
overcome, but lils eeasless: lalnr
and great energy have leen fruit
ful of much good. From a report
w hich he made at the end of 1881
I find that "there have Wen taken
into the church during the last
thirteen years 1,135 persons, ou
confession of faith and oSt) by let
ter. There have Iteen taken from
the roll by removal,' etc.,
Total on roll at the close of 181,
.VU." It requires 10.0(10 annually
to support the Church f the
Strangers. The receipts for 1881
1 1,0 11. i0.
Noxv, I am almost sorry that i
have xvritten ultout Dr. Deems for
I knoxv I have not said half enough
but my desire xvas to give the
reader a rough sketch of a great
and good man of xx hom his natixe
State may xx ell be prond.
Advice to Young Men.
The following advivce to young
men from an old physician has a
ring and .jingle of truth in it that
we cannot altogether pass uuno-
ticedjand, for the sake of those of
our masculine readers xy ho kftve
never jet entered himu , t-the
ace-course of life in tlsuble.harness
we cheerfully reprint it. He says:
My profession has thrown me
uiioiig women of 'all classes, and
my experience teaches me that the
Creator never g ?ve man a greater
proof of his love than to place wo
man here with mm. it sue ac-
epts you tdl her. hoxv much your
income is, and from xvhat source
derived, ami tell her that you xvill
divide the last shilling with her
and that you will love her with
all your, heart into the bargain,
and then keep your premise. My
word for it, she will live within
your income, and fo your last
hour you xvill jegret that you did
hot: marrv sooner. Stop worrying
i bout feminine extravagance and
feminine untruth. Just y oil lie
true to her love her sincerely
mil a more fond, faithful, foolish
slave yon win never meet any
where. Yon will not, deserve her.
know, but she will never knoxv
it.
An Odd Monument-
Dr. Prime has found an odd
monument in Northern Ne.xv York
V good man .'had lived happily
xvith an excellent wife until they
xvere xx ell on in years, xvhen sht
died, lie iei nought mm ot some
titling niemorial to place oxer her
grave, and the happy" .thought
truck him that the square stove
by .xvhich they had Iteen eomforta
bio through many long winters,
would be just xvhat she xvould like
to have if shi had a voice, in the
matter... He had the stove taken
to t he churchyard and placed over
the remains of his companion.
xx ho sleeos ouietly nnderneath if.
Craditable and Agreeable .
The . recent mai riagd of Mrs
Fargo, of Buffalo, pleasantly Illus
trates a certain tendency , of
wealthy widows to marry deserv
ing but not affluent editor, xvhich
is one of the rewards- of the edi
torial rofcHsion In f.ict wealthy
women, both widowed anil single,
have frequently shown a preference
for journalist s, which is alike crcd
table to the discernment of. the
female sex and agreeable to lh
member of a 'deserving profession.
Recent instances are too numer
ous and conspicuous to need men
tion. It is what the elder Wel-
ler 'xvould call a 'disieusary."
call it a diq(ensary, Sammy, a dis
pensary." From Col. AVheele's
Notes.
Engineer Ed. , Brown, of the
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Louisville& Nashville R. R. seeing
that Draw-bridge was oien, 1 1
miles from Mobile, dung to his lo
ver, an ' saved a train-load of pass
engers, but was carried down with
his engine, and drowned. The fire
man jumped and escaped; ;is the
engineer might also of done, if he
had not Ijeen an hero.
A Montana I telle, says the Bis
mank Tribune, lteing asketl by a
Bismarck man if they possesscl
any culture out her way, replied:
'Culture you let your variegated
socks we do!" We kin sling more
culture to the square foot in Helena
than they kin in any cainp in
America. Culture! Oh, loosen my
corsets till I smile"'
The Illinois Legislature recently
passed an Art. providing for the
comiKiIsory school attendance of
all the children of the State, "to
secure to all children the benefit of
an elementary education.'
WILSON ADVANCE.
UK-
lAtr.s ok Aiv:rtisixi;.
One Inch. On Tnivrtlun..
(n Month
- Threw Mmth .
" " - SIX Month.
- One Year.......
... i i
... I X to
UbenU Diaoounts will be m,lo for Ijirvt f
AdTertlaemoota nj for Contract bj- the Yr
Clh must C00innnr A lvt-rtiju-iiK-tit
unto rooJ nttmae I (rivn. - -
WHEN TO MARHY.
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T11B DECEIT PRACTISED ON
BOTH SI DES IS C li EAT.
ma t: m a o i: it a ; a i: a a a i:
"As to the age xx hr o I peopleT
should marry," said I tow. Dr.
r
McKendree, in his. sermon last eve
ning iu Bedford Street Methodist
Church.N'ew Voik "thehuly should in
my opinion, W twenty ortxvent.x
two and the gentleman her senior
Poor men cannot marry extrava
gant gills, xvho oxeof as gtWd a
a -home as their pare,i
were only able to aetptiti- aitrr
many years' toil. The deceit pr
tisd on both sides is very- groat.
The ugly suiter gets a tailor t
hide his deficiencies; lite iiiioighlly
maiden calls in the aid of her rotie
0; and inilliner. Until recently -marriage
brokerage was carrictl on
iu France. We Ainericatts are
guilty of the same thing in another
way. Mothers sell daughters to
the highest bidders ajid daughter
st-il themselves for goid to iu.mi Old
enough to Ik' their grandfathers.
Such women xvould no more ehoos.
honest mechanics tor their Inn
bands thnif they would convitiH
from the Penitentiary. Theiv is
no reason w hj' women should not
c I loose as well as men. At present
men have all the advantage. No.
girl is fit to be a xxife until she
can, if necessary, "cook a meal,
make a dress and keep a ho ise hi
order.'j Accomplishment art' good
but a tired husband xvould much
prefer h square meal. All match-'
es that are brought about by .!
lish motives are unholy, and wnn
en who marry for position or
wealth are jiint as guilty as those
xvho sell their virtue for a given
sum. They arein fact, livinj; a
lift-of legalized prostitution;' Mar
riages in xvhich there is no ud.lpta
tion are unlawful. As waier and
oil xvill not unite without alkaline,
so man V a couple are united bx
means of gold. Such artificial
madu matches are oi l en broken.
You may force alcohol and gum
camphor to blend, but at presence
of water the. alcohol slopes -and
leaves the camphor a grass widow.
Iu like manner a third party often
Hteps in Itotweeu a badly -assorted
pair, with xvhat results can easily
lie seen. None but those .who
have iK'en united through pure
inotivesand deep, ahidinglove. have
fill 111 led the conditions under which
a man and a xvoui ni m ix re tliy le
come husband and wife."
Keceipt to. Male a FastnonaMe Wom
an." i
I he billowing i
receipt xiil L,
lo iii in tkiiig 1 1p--
found very valuable
above named article: Take about
.piie hundred pounds of 'flesh ami
Ikuics, .(mostly Itones) add three
yards of linen, and on- hundred
yards of ruffles, seventy e v it ids of
edging, one pair of Khoes, wiih heeU
six inches high, seventeen hun
dred sixty-two and a hall .nils of
steel xx ire, th'ice tpiarlers ol a mile
ol taH', tdiont txxenty-live old uexvs
papers, ami one hundred poitud-i
of cotton.' After hax ing duie thw
you xvill haxe her in pretty good
shape, then add about one bushel
of false hair, to Ite made up into
bangs, and altout an eighth ' of a
grain of common sciise. season xxtih
a large amount of .vanity, .: and per
fume according to tasle, then iriir
up into society for a hoit lime.
and -you will have it geiiuoe
ole, which will Im found veiy
fill to sit at t he he.nl of t le
as an ornament, but it is ti,
m-i victuble, aiul will lie found
a i t i-tlse-
1,1,1.'
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VIX
hard to digest.
. Neatly all of the ingredient can
le found at any common dry "goods
store, ami xvill Im k1I very c'tcap.
'An item is 'going tho rounds to
the effect that over hi Virginia
nomewhere, a manVdroppcd lc;nlah
he wasgoiegto nwear his tax list
was correct. ' If the fate ol Anna
nias was meted ou! fo all who
swear to falsehoods in gtx iiig. in
thoirtax. the ppidat ion of. North
Carolina would lie greatly dimin
ished. Cov. 'Blackburn, of Kentucky,
his asked the governors of -n-veral
States to semi tU legate to. a. con
vention to m- held iu Louisville,
Se.pt. 21st., t ont.ider the 4)iicK
tion'fff jwpular education in the
the South. I he muAu. topic pro-.
Ksed for dim'Jission is that of "Fed
eral Aid."
Kentucky comes "' to the front J
xvith a watermelon vino 1,700 feet
long, which ha prod need 4l
I mil tula of melons. Keiitncky also
! produces a flnid that mnltiplietj the
I vision.
j " " "T-" -s
j The Augusta (Ga.)- "Chronicle;
says that it is uncommon to find in
! that city a negro who cannot read
j and write, while then- i much
j illiteracy among the white people.